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- [Avodah] did Achashverosh have multiple wives? March 12, 2025r moshe dovid valli (talmid chaver of the ramchal) writes as a dvar pashut (5:2-3) that Achashverosh had multiple wives besides Esther (just that she was the favorite of them) i guess this is logical. its unlikely that Achashverosh would limit himself to one wife. and jewish kings had multiple wives too is this idea […]
- [Avodah] standard measures? March 12, 2025Is anyone aware of any surveys of when halacha looks to objective measures (eg kzait) and when to subjective measures (eg maaleh lugmav)? When we look at community ?standards? (eg most people buy seeds to eat) and when we look to individual?s (eg this buyer usually buys to plant)? Bsorot tovot joel rich
- [Avodah] Any Cultures Other that J that proscribes Varying
Death Penalties for Different Violations? March 12, 2025On Tue, 11 Mar 2025 at 04:08, Rabbi Meir G. Rabi via Avodah wrote: ... I don't know about ancient cultures, but in medieval Europe crimes such a treason would result in hanging, drawing and quartering (unless you were of noble birth, in which case you might qualify for a merciful beheading). ADE
- [Avodah] Any Cultures Other that J that proscribes Varying Death
Penalties for Different Violations? March 10, 2025Best, Meir G. Rabi 0423 207 837 +61 423 207 837
- [Avodah] torah death penalties (horrific) March 9, 2025>>at simple reading, the torah death techniques seem very severe (barbaric, horrific), overly painful, etc I am particularly troubled by the torture that is involved in Misa d'Rabbanon (Rabbinic Capital Punishment) in which a person is overfed barley and then locked in a small tight space in which they are doubled over and made to […]
- [Avodah] RESPECT March 6, 2025On Wed, Mar 05, 2025 at 06:41:58AM +0200, Joel Rich via Avodah wrote: > If one's host culture deems a certain action (eg neck bow) as a sign of > respect, would a jew be required to do that action when their parent > entered the room? What does a kibud mean? If we are […]
- [Avodah] torah death penalties (horrific) March 6, 2025On Wed, Mar 05, 2025 at 11:43:59AM -0500, mcohen--- via Avodah wrote: > at simple reading, the torah death techniques seem very severe > (barbaric, horrific), overly painful, etc > except for hereg (sword) I think sereifah would also cause instant shock. Your imagination may vary, and I don't want to think about it too […]
- [Avodah] torah death penalties (horrific) March 5, 2025daf yomi - sanhedrin at simple reading, the torah death techniques seem very severe (barbaric, horrific), overly painful, etc except for hereg (sword) i know its a gezeras hakasuv, and i know all the standard disclaimers...very rare, maybe only once in 70 years, rare to find a case with 2 aidim with hasraah..etc neverless the […]
- [Avodah] RESPECT March 5, 2025If one?s host culture deems a certain action (eg neck bow) as a sign of respect, would a jew be required to do that action when their parent entered the room? Bsorot tovot Joel Rich
- [Avodah] orthodox theology March 5, 2025In a recent discussion concerning whether a specific rabbi was within the pale of orthodox theology, I wondered what percentage of the rank and file think about theology and what they would define as beyond the pale (or within it, for that matter). Bsorot tovot Joel Rich